Deakin researchers and research students have access to a wide range of technical training workshops, from beginner through to advanced levels in High-Performance Computing, MS Excel, programming, data management, cleaning, visualisation and exploration, and more. There is no cost to Deakin researchers and research students for participating in these training workshops. More info.

eResearch 2018 will offer delegates the opportunity to engage, connect, and share their ideas and exemplars concerning new information centric research capabilities, and how information and communication technologies help researchers to collaborate, collect, manage, share, process, analyse, store, find, understand and re-use information. More info.

This BoF is to build awareness of the Research Software Engineer (RSE) community and to identify volunteers to help implement the practical solutions for the RSE community that have been identified at the pre-conference workshop. If you are an academic/researcher who codes but are lacking recognition and metrics needed to progress your academic career; a professional software engineer working in the research space; or a system administrator who maintains research systems, you should attend. more info.

As part of the establishment of the ARDC, a strategic plan has been developed which sets out the strategic intent for the next 5 years. This plan has been developed in consultation with key partners and the community, with the intent of building on the strengths of ANDS, Nectar and RDS as a transformational investment, partnering to facilitate a coherent research environment that will enable Australia’s researchers to find, access, contribute to and effectively use leading data-intensive eResearch infrastructure to maximise research quality and impact by developing a world-leading data advantage, facilitating accelerated innovation, fostering collaboration for borderless research, and enhancing researchers’ ability to translate their research into benefits for society. This BoF will set out the roadmap for the next 5 years and provide an opportunity for the community to engage with the ARDC as it embarks on this journey as well as examine the opportunities for the ARDC to partner with NCRIS facilities, institutions and research communities. More info.

The position descriptions of roles within the eResearch industry are not consistent and are not standardized. As an example, AeRO [1] has collected over a hundred different role titles for position descriptions within the industry. This makes the recruitment of staff and career progression within the industry much harder. However, efforts are underway, as discussed at a recent AeRO Forum [2], to determine the scope of these positions and to describe the skills associated with common roles. The first step in any movement towards standardizing position descriptions, is to set some boundaries and identify some common eResearch roles. More info.

Our Mission

FAVeR’s mission is to provide strategic direction, information and coordination to the university-based Victorian eResearch sector. FAVeR works to provide a framework to consider sustainability of services, and to simplify awareness of and access to critical eResearch services and infrastructure.

FAVeR facilitates sharing of eResearch services and infrastructure across member organisations; supports capacity and capability building for all organisations, and assists organisations to initiate and promote ideas for new eResearch services in Victoria.

Capabilities

FAVeR is currently focused on identifying current skills, capacities, and capabilities of the Victorian eResearch sector with the aim of driving future eResearch development.

News

FAVeR’s Research Data Management Working Group has created a Research Data Management Plan Pro-Forma that is available for download.

Our Members

FAVeR is a network of member universities dedicated to enhancing the coordination of eResearch initiatives across Victorian universities. FAVeR allows all Victorian universities to be involved in the eResearch community regardless of their size, capacity or capability.

FAVeR also considers inclusion of non-university research organisations on an as needs basis. Consideration is given to ad-hoc involvement of other organisations on a specific activity or to participate for a specific (limited) period of time.